-written by Hearth Member, Ryan Bonaparte For your average person, criticism is not a large part of our everyday lives. Yea, we might have a family member or a boss or a ‘frenemy’ who doles out harsh comments left and right, but rarely is it warranted. Instead, it’s often a jealous lashing out at what… Continue Reading
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From Seed to Plate: An Engaging Discussion in Food Ways
-written by Hearth Member, Robin Miller We covered a lot of ground (pun intended) at the last Hearth Dinner. Before our journey from seed to plate at the Democracy Center, I did quite a bit of reflecting on my own adventures with seeds and plates. I grew up in a small town in northern Illinois… Continue Reading
A Year in the Arena
I’m not a very private person. I attempt to live my life in such a way that it’s a story worth telling and I deeply enjoying sharing that story, almost as much as I enjoy hearing the stories of the people around me. Or, better yet, creating one together. This year, my friends, we’ve taken that to… Continue Reading
A Building Update from Tiny House Crafters of Vermont!
With only a few days left until the 2nd Annual BIG Tiny House Festival, we here at Tiny House Crafters are hard at work putting up the siding and running the utilities in our 8×26’ Nova Tiny House. The Nova is unlike anything we have built before. Instead of a traditional lofted sleeping area (like… Continue Reading
Trailers: The Tiny House Foundation
– – – Written by Jason Cardinale of Granite State Trailers Meet Jason and see one of his trailers at the 2nd BIG Tiny House Festival on July 16, 2016 at The Umbrella Community Arts Center in Concord, MA. – – –
A Tiny Studio inspired by Thoreau
In 2014 I found myself re-evaluating elements of a work space and my somewhat stationary lifestyle. When I came across a book at a Connecting for Change event, I started getting ideas for a mobile studio. I have rented and bartered studio spaces in the past, but it wasn’t until I came across this book… Continue Reading
Tiny House Festival RAFFLE!
During the 2nd BIG Tiny House Festival on July 16, we’ll raffle off the following prizes to support the festival and the growing tiny house community. Raffle tickets are $2 a piece, $5 for 3 tickets, or $10 for 7 tickets. Tickets will be available at the Information Table throughout the festival! One free night… Continue Reading
To Build or Not to Build… | Living The Tiny House Dream
Life always has twists and turns at every corner. My life is no exception. I had been bent on building my own Tiny Home for over 2 1/2 years. I already had fallen in love with Cypress 20′ from Tumbleweed Tiny House Company and attended not only one but two workshops where I bought the… Continue Reading
Meet Aubergine: The Purple Hearthmade Tiny House
Introducing the newest Hearth Member: Aubergine, the Purple Hearthmade Tiny House! Aubergine was born on the front lawn of The Umbrella Community Arts Center in Concord, MA during the BIG Art; Tiny House project. From June 2015-June 2016, the community of Miranda’s Hearth came together to bring her into the world through blood (yes, actually), sweat, and… Continue Reading
A Curmudgeon’s Masquerade
– written by Hearth Member, Matthew Reese As A Midsummer Night’s Waltz fast approaches and I was bored at work, I decided to kill some time researching and writing about the relationship between the history of masquerades and the Hearth. I had lots of fun with the researching part (did you know Gustav III of… Continue Reading